| LPWA | Low-Power Wide-Area | IoT | Internet of Things |
| LPWAN | Low-Power Wide-Area Network | WSN | Wireless sensor network |
| CT | Concurrent Transmission | CSS | Chirp Spread Spectrum |
| FSK | Frequency Shift Keying | ADR | Adaptative Data Rate |
| AES | Advanced Encryption Standard | ABP | Activation By Personalization |
| OTAA | Over-The-Air Activation | TTN | The Things Network |
| TTI | The Things Industries | MAC | Medium Access Control |
| CRC | Cyclic Redundancy Check | RF | Radio frequency |
| NwkSKey | Network Session Key | AppSKey | Application Session Key |
| AppKey | Application Key | DevAddr | Device Address |
| EUI | Extended Unique Identifier | OTA | Over-The-Air |
| NS | Network Server | JS | Join Server |
| AS | Application Server | TDMA | Time-Division Multiple Access |
| CR | Coding Rate | RDC | Radio Duty Cycling |
| TSCH | Time Slotted Channel Hopping | SF | Spreading Factor |
| PHY | Physical Layer | OS | Operating System |
| DTN | Delay-Tolerant Networking | API | Application Programming Interface |
| DSDV | Destination-Sequenced Distance Vector | HWMP | Hybrid Wireless Mesh Protocol |
| SRD | Short Range Devices | UNB | Ultra Narrow Band |
| LTE | Long-Term Evolution | ToA | Time On Air |
| RSSI | Received Signal Strength Indicator | SNR | Signal-To-Noise Ratio |
| SNIR | Signal-To-Noise-Plus-Interference Ratio | PDR | Packet Delivery Ratio |
| RTS | Request To Send | CTS | Clear To Send |
| CSMA | Carrier-Sense Multiple Access | CCA | Clear Channel Assesement |